Fresh details emerge showing Amina Mohammed was never going to get the AU post

- Kenya's Amina Mohammed has lost the AU Commission election to a Chadian Moussa Faki Mahamat

-One woman in particular- outgoing AU chair Nkosazana Zuma, played a major role in ensuring Amina would ultimately be beaten to the post

- Zuma, who is the ex-wife to South Africa president held a meeting just before the vote, pushing for a man to take up the AUC post

While the country was thrown into shock after learning that foreign affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed lost the AU commission election, it has now emerged that a number of factors were playing against her.

For one thing, countries traditionally regarded as Kenya’s allies garnered very few votes for her, with the likes of Uganda and Burindi heavily voting for Chad international Faki Mahamat in the second and third round of votes.

Amina started positively, garnering 16 votes in the first round compared to Mahamat’s 10. There was however a hint of betrayal in the next rounds as Amina fell drastically behind in the votes, and there was only one winner from there.

There was also a sense of allegiance in the French speaking nations who all opted against Amina Mohammed.

Citizen TV also reports that the outgoing AU chair Nkosazana Zuma held a roundtable lunch just before the vote where she strongly advocated for a male candidate rather than a female one for such a top-notch post.

outgoing AU chair Nkosazana Zuma held a meeting to advocate against voting for a female candidate

Interestingly, Nkosazana Zuma was also a foreign affairs minister back in 1999 in South Africa. She also happens to be the ex-wife to current South Africa President Jacob Zuma.

Following her luncheon, the voting always looked out of favor for the Foreign Affairs minister as regions which would have ideally voted for her opted for her rival or pulled out of the process altogether in the subsequent rounds.

Amina Mohammed will revert to her foreign affairs minister post in Kenya.

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